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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Kentucky Newsletter for 2024-04-24 ( 2 items )  
Disabled American Veterans: VA Suspends Pension Debt Collection From Veterans After Discovery of System Error (10)
ERLANGER, Kentucky, April 24 -- Disabled American Veterans issued the following news: The Department of Veterans Affairs has suspended debt collections related to overpayments of pensions to low-income veterans or their survivors because of accounting errors made over the past 12 years. Between 2011 and 2022, VA officials were unable to reliably verify the self-reported income of these pensioners due to errors in comparison data. As a result, nearly 40,000 low-income veterans and their surviv more PR

HRC's Weekly State Fights Report: New Title IX Rule Combats Climate of Harassment and Bullying (10)
WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The Human Rights Campaign issued the following Weekly State Fights Report on April 22, 2024: * * * TOPLINE TAKEAWAYS: * 28 states are currently in session as of April 19 * 15 states have ended session as of April 19 * So far, HRC is tracking about 815+ bills: - 205+ pro-equality - 435+ anti-LGBTQ+ - Eighteen anti-LGBTQ+ bills have passed into law: Alabama: SB 129, Alabama: SB 48, Idaho: HB 668, Idaho: HB 421, Idaho: HB 538, Iowa: SF 2095, Kentucky: HB 174, Ohio: H more PR